BRITISH & FOREIGN ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 21 December 1921, Page 3

BRITISH & FOREIGN ITEMS.

i AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOC.../lON j BOXER INDEMNITY. i (Received This Da.v at 0.4 u a.in.) PARIS. Doc. 20. Advices from Pekin" announce the Government have made an agreement with tho French Minister under whicli the Boxer Indemnity will be used to meet the losses of the Industrial Bank of China. NEW YORK THREAT. NEW YORK, Dec. 20. ‘ New York City is suffering from a had case of “nerves.’' The news of the arrest at Warsaw of a man knowin" the details of the previous Wall Street bombing (cabled on December 17) has resulted in the financial district be in ft; deluged with threats to re-' petit the outrage. Hundreds of police «ntl detectives have been patrolling the area. A panic was caused when tin innocent wagon stopped before the Sub-Treasury to-day and the driver attempted to deliver a legitimate package. The police and detectives swooped down upon him. A vast crowd then formed. It was feared that he was another bomber. The newspapers are full of scare headlines. The populace seemed to have been aroused to the danger of a recurrence. A ELI ED CON FER ENCE. (Received This Day at 9.5 a .in.) LONDON, Dec. 20. Allied experts have supplied the Premiers with information on the questions submitted yesterday. The experts previously heard Rathenau on the economic condition of Germany. It is contended by Britain that'the sum paid by Germany for the upkeep of the British Army on the Rhine does not meet the total expenditure, and exports were asked to ascertain what Germany could pay in this respect. An official communique says the Conference considered the reparations, and examined the condition of German resources available for meeting obligations. Consideration was also given to the means for improving the general economic conditions of Europe. JAP COMMERCIAL MISSION. (Received This Day at 10.15 a.m.) LONDON, December 20. A Japanese comemrcial mission numbering forty-six has arrived for a month’s tour of British industrial centies. They visited the Ministry of Labour where Mr Wilson (Secretary) addressed them on the British Labour movement in relation to the Ministry and also described the permanent organisation for dealing with industrial disputes. Subsequently the mission saw Messrs Clviies, Thomas and Hodge.